ignomously

English

Etymology

Medial clipping of ignominiously, equivalent to ignomous +‎ -ly.

Adverb

ignomously (comparative more ignomously, superlative most ignomously)

1. (uncommon, nonstandard) Ignominiously; in a shameful or disgraceful manner.
   • 2007, Norman Shabel, The Badger Game‎^[1], page 148:

     I smiled ignomously and said with an embarrassed voice, “I’m sorry, Laura. To be honest, that’s all the French I know. It was meant to impress you.”

   • 2017, Colleen Marie Skidmore, Searching for Mary Schäffer: Women Wilderness Photography‎^[2], quoting Molly Adams’s letter to “Dear Ones at Home,” 19-31 December 1908, page 27:

     Adams wrote that “M. and I were ignomously (sic) picked up and dumped on too, as h.m.s. ‘Chaba’ drew too much water to be brought quite up to shore, or even near enough for a long jump.”

Usage notes

• Generally considered an error.